Impact on wider society

• Treating the consequences of violence in Scotland costs about £400 million per year
• A serious assault case costs £19000 per case
• A murder case costs £1.3 million per incident
• £37,000 is spent imprisoning a single convict
• A high court trial costs £95,372
• Every day about £385 is spent arresting people and being put in police custody
• One ambulance call costs £294
• A life saving surgery costs £3,188
• All costs of dealing with crime are payed through taxes, which the average person pays.